Search Results - "Fearnside, PM"

Amazon forest biomass: intra- and interspecific variability in wood density drive divergences in Brazil’s far north by Farias, HLS, Pequeno, PACL, Silva, WR, Melo, VF, Carvalho, LCDS, Perdiz, RDO, Citó, AC, Fearnside, PM, Barbosa, RI

“…Wood density (WD) is an important functional trait of tree species. Understanding spatial WD variability as a function of environmental determinants improves…”
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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: History, Rates, and Consequences by FEARNSIDE, PHILIP M.

“…Brazil's Amazon forest remained largely intact until the "modern" era of deforestation began with the inauguration of the Transamazon Highway in 1970…”
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More than CO2: a broader paradigm for managing climate change and variability to avoid ecosystem collapse by McAlpine, CA, Ryan, JG, Seabrook, L, Thomas, S, Dargusch, PJ, Syktus, JI, Pielke, RA, Etter, AE, Fearnside, PM, Laurance, WF

“…▶ Climate change policies currently focus on reducing the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases, but pay limited attention to biospheric forcings and…”
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Soybean cultivation as a threat to the environment in Brazil by Fearnside, Philip M.

“…Soybeans represent a recent and powerful threat to tropical biodiversity in Brazil. Developing effective strategies to contain and minimize the environmental…”
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Environment. The future of the Brazilian Amazon by Laurance, W F, Cochrane, M A, Bergen, S, Fearnside, P M, Delamônica, P, Barber, C, D'Angelo, S, Fernandes, T

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Brazil's Samuel Dam: lessons for hydroelectric development policy and the environment in Amazonia by Fearnside, Philip M

“…Brazil's Samuel Dam, which formed a 540-km2 reservoir in the state of Rondônia in 1988, provides lessons for development decisions throughout Amazonia and in…”
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Global warming and tropical land-use change : Greenhouse gas emissions from biomass burning, decomposition and soils in forest conversion, shifting cultivation and secondary vegetation by FEARNSIDE, P. M

“…The impact of deforestation on global carbon emissions is evaluated. The calculations of total net emissions of carbon indicate a major global warming impact…”
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Rain forest fragmentation and the proliferation of successional trees by Laurance, W.F, Nascimento, H.E.M, Laurance, S.G, Andrade, A.C, Fearnside, P.M, Ribeiro, J.E.L, Capretz, R.L

“…The effects of habitat fragmentation on diverse tropical tree communities are poorly understood. Over a 20-year period we monitored the density of 52 tree…”
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Hydroelectric Dams: Controversies Provide a Springboard for Rethinking a Supposedly ‘Clean’ Energy Source. An Editorial Comment by Fearnside, Philip M.

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Land-Tenure Issues as Factors in Environmental Destruction in Brazilian Amazonia: The Case of Southern Pará by Fearnside, Philip M

“…Land-tenure issues have been prominent forces driving deforestation and the spread of extensive ranching as the dominant land use in Brazilian Amazonia…”
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Tropical deforestation and greenhouse-gas emissions by Fearnside, Philip M., Laurance, William F.

“…A recent (2002) analysis concluded that rates of tropical deforestation and atmospheric carbon emissions during the 1990-1997 interval were lower than…”
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Conservation Policy in Brazilian Amazonia: Understanding the Dilemmas by Fearnside, Philip M.

“…Conservation policy in Brazilian Amazonia is rapidly evolving. The dynamics of different interest groups affect the political economy of land use. Choices…”
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Greenhouse gas emissions from a hydroelectric reservoir (Brazil's Tucuruí Dam) and the energy policy implications by FEARNSIDE, Philip M

“…Greenhouse gas emissions from hydroelectric dams are oftenportrayed as nonexistent by the hydropower industry, and havebeen largely ignored in global…”
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Rain Forest Fragmentation and the Structure of Amazonian Liana Communities by Laurance, William F., Pérez-Salicrup, Diego, Delamônica, Patricia, Fearnside, Philip M., D'Angelo, Sammya, Jerozolinski, Adriano, Pohl, Luciano, Lovejoy, Thomas E.

“…In tropical forests, lianas (woody vines) are important structural parasites of trees. We assessed the effects of forest fragmentation, treefall disturbance,…”
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Predictors of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Laurance, William F., Albernaz, Ana K. M., Schroth, Götz, Fearnside, Philip M., Bergen, Scott, Venticinque, Eduardo M., Da Costa, Carlos

“…Aim and Location We assessed the effects of biophysical and anthropogenic predictors on deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia. This region has the world's…”
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Environmental impacts of Brazil's Tucuruí Dam: unlearned lessons for hydroelectric development in Amazonia by Fearnside, P M

“…Brazil's Tucuruí Dam provides valuable lessons for improving decision-making on major public works in Amazonia and elsewhere. Together with social impacts,…”
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Wood density in dense forest in central Amazonia, Brazil by Nogueira, Euler Melo, Nelson, Bruce Walker, Fearnside, Philip M.

“…Measurements of wood density of trees in Amazonian forests are necessary to reduce uncertainties in estimates of carbon stocks and of greenhouse-gas emissions…”
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Saving tropical forests as a global warming countermeasure: an issue that divides the environmental movement by Fearnside, Philip M.

“…Saving tropical forests as a global warming countermeasure has become one of the environmental movement's most divisive issues. Divisions are just as sharp as…”
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Deforestation in Amazonia by Laurance, William F., Ana K. M. Albernaz, Fearnside, Philip M., Vasconcelos, Heraldo L., Ferreira, Leandro V.

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The future of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by Kirby, Kathryn R., Laurance, William F., Albernaz, Ana K., Schroth, Götz, Fearnside, Philip M., Bergen, Scott, Venticinque, Eduardo M., da Costa, Carlos

“…Concern about the future of Amazonian forests is growing as both the extent and rate of primary forest destruction increase. We combine spatial information on…”
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